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23 Cards in this Set
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American interest in developing the.... |
hydrogen bomb intensified when the USSR exploded an atomic bomb |
bomb |
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the nationalists were.... |
defeated in the civil war in china despite the 2 billion dollars in aid that was sent by the U.S |
money sent |
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Accusations that..... |
Communism was widely present in the u.s government and military was made by Joseph mccarthy |
Joseph mccarthy |
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HUAC... |
investigated communism in the film industry |
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although mao zedong.... |
won the hearts of the Chinese peasants, he failed to win the american support because he was a communist |
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the soviet blockade... |
of west Berlin was a response to efforts by western nations to reunify Germany |
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to label.... |
someones activities as mccarthyism would suggest the person is making unsupported accusations |
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the main goal if the truman doctrine was to.... |
stop the spread of communism |
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when armistice was signed.... |
ending the Korean war, north and south Korea was still divided along the 38th parallel |
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the Chinese nationalist... |
was forced to retreat to taiwan(formosa) |
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the failure of chaing kai-sheks.... |
forces in Chinese civil war can be largely blamed on his weak and corrupt leadership |
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capitalism system... |
is when private citizens control economic activity |
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general Douglas mcauthur said... |
that the korean war should be extended into a war against china |
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the soviet union.... |
set up the berlin blockade in response to the efforts from west to unify germany |
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the Chinese fought on the side... |
of the NORTH Korea during the Korean war |
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United nations |
a system created to promote peace |
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satellite nation |
countries dominated by the soviet union |
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containment |
a policy taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries |
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cold war |
a conflict between the united states and the soviet union in which neither nation directly confronted the other on the battlefield |
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truman doctrine |
a policy of the united states to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures |
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marshall plan |
a plan that the united states provide aid to all european nations that need it |
aid |
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ben airlift |
plane to fly food and supplies into west berlin |
nesesetities |
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NATO(north Atlantic treaty organization) |
ten countries joined with the u.s and Canada to form a defensive military alliance which played military support to one another in case any member was attacked |
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